The Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulême at Pauillac
| The Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulême at Pauillac | |
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| Artist | Antoine-Jean Gros |
| Year | 1818 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 326.5 cm × 504 cm (128.5 in × 198 in) |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux |
The Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulême at Pauillac (French: Embarquement de la duchesse d'Angoulême à Pauillac) is an 1818 history painting by the French artist Antoine-Jean Gros.[1] Gros had made his reputation depicting scenes of Napoleon and the French Empire. By contrast this work was during the Restoration era and celebrated an iconic Royalist moment of recent history.[2]
The painting shows a scene from April 1815. The main figure is Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême, the only surviving child of the executed Louis XVI and the niece of the reigning monarch Louis XVIII. She was married to her her first cousin the Duke of Angoulême, then second-in-line to the throne. In when Napoleon escaped from Elba and much of the royal family fled, the Duchess was in Bordeaux where she tried to rally Royalist forces against his supporters. Having failed she finally embarked from Pauillac and went into exile before Napoleon's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.[3] Also depicted is the Ultra-Royalist politician Mathieu de Montmorency.
It was exhibited at the 1819 Paris Salon. It was acquired by Louis VIII in 1820. Today it is in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux in Bordeaux. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bann p.39
- ^ González-Palacios p.44
- ^ Nagel p.xii
- ^ https://musba-bordeaux.opacweb.fr/fr/notice/bx-e-61-embarquement-de-la-duchesse-d-angouleme-a-pauillac-22bb39bd-1045-4b09-835a-d62a0648211a
Bibliography
[edit]- Bann, Stephen. Paul Delaroche: History Painted. Reaktion Books, 1997.
- González-Palacios, Alvar. David and Napoleonic Painting. Fabbri, 1970.
- Nagel, Susan. Marie-Thérèse: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter. Bloomsbury, 2008.
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